Power outlet receptacle



July 5, 1949.` w. w. BUNDY POWER OUTLET RECEPTACLE Filed NOV. 28, 1945 rroPA/e y.

Patented July 5, 1949 i .TUNITED fSSIAEI'ELS PATENT O F FICE POWER OUTLET RECEPTACLE Walt W. Bundy, Benning Park, Columbus, Ga.

Application November 28, 1945, Serial No. 631,456

amended April 30, 1928; 370 0. G. 757) The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes, without the payment of any royalty thereon.

rlhis invention relates in general to power outlets and more particularly to devices for rapidly and easily providing a power outlet receptacle at any desired location on a power cable.

In temporary installations Where portable and hold the prongs of an electric plug. The lower end of each of the contact elements I4 and I5 is provided with a hook I6 and I'I respectively, which faces outwardly to facilitate the soldering of each hook to a wire of the electric power cable which it is desired to tap.

Referring to Figure 2, the reference numeral I8 refers to a tongue shaped element made of molded rubber or other suitable electrical insupower units are utilized, it is sometimes desirable 10 lating material to be placed between the two to provide a power outlet receptacle at an interwires of the cable I3 in order to separate and mediate point of the power cable so that addielectrically insulate the wires of the cable from tional power outlets may be made available from each other. The tongue shaped element I8 also the cable if desired. Such outlets must of necesserves to separate and insulate the jack elements sity be rugged and of simple construction. Ill and I5 from each other, and, together with the It is an object of my invention to provide a outer jacket portion I0, serves to form a cavity device which may be easily and rapidly applied into which the jack element-s I4 and I5 lit, holdto a power cable to form a power outlet ing them in the proper relationship to receive the receptacle. prongs of an electric plug.

It is a further object of my invention to provide A circular cover element I9 formed of electrical a power outlet receptacle that may be rapidly insulating material and having two openings 20- mounted on a power cable to provide `a strong and 2l therein is securely held in a round openweatherproof connection where desired. 'ing on the top side of the jacket element I0. The

The above and other objects and advantages openings 2l) and ZI are aligned with the jack elewill become readily apparent when the following ments I4 and I5 respectively to enable the prongs specification is read in conjunction with the of a plug to be inserted into the jack. accompanying drawings in which: In installing the device in a power cable, it is Figure 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view of necessary that the cable be split with a sharp one embodiment of my invention mounted on instrument for a length of a few inches, the cable a power cable taken along the plane A-A of wires cleaned adjacent to each other and the Figure 3. hooks I5 and I'I on the lower ends of the jack ele- Figure 2 is a top view of the device shown n ments I4 and I5, respectively, soldered to the Figure l; and Figure 3 is a side view of the device cable wires. The outer jacket I0 is then fitted shown in Figure 1 and Figure 2. around the cable with the tongue I8 inserted be- Referrng to Figure 1, it is seen that the reftween the two cable wires. The jack elements erence numeral I0 refers to a jacket element 30 I 4 and I5 are placed in the cavity provided for made of insulating material, preferably molded them and the rubber cement on the overlapping rubber, having a cross section of oval conguratail portions il and I2 is uncovered by removing tion and having two tail portions II and I2 which the Cloth Covering and the tail portions II and are intended 00 be Wrapped around a cable I3 l2 wrapped tightly around the cable and pressed in overlapping manner. Rubber cement may firmly into place. The outlet is now ready for be applied t0 the iDSdeSurfaCe *0f the (1l/@flapping use and provides a sturdy weatherproof outlet, tail portions I I and I2 and `covered with cloth which may be. placed at any desired intermediate which may be stripped oli when desired so as to portion of the power line. Cement the 'Complete unit to the cable I3 and the 45 Although I have disclosed and described one overlapping portions II and I2 to each other.

Two elongated contact members I4 and I5, made of electrical conducting material such as spring brass or the like have mounted thereon in spaced relationship a spring clip I4a and lia respectively arranged to form a jack to receive embodiment of my invention, it is obvious that many changes may be made in my device without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claim,

, I claim:

In a device for providing a power outlet recep- :2,474,817 3 tacle between the ends of a power cable, the com- REFERENCES CITED bination comprising an outer jacket of resilient insulating material and having two tail portions, The fono mg referentes are of record m the file of this patent.

a vertically disposed separating member provided in said jacket, a jack member on either side 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS of said separating member, curved means on the Number Naim,e Darte lower end of each of said jack. members for con- 1 696 583 Sargent Dec. 25 1928 nection to the conductors of said power cable, 2028367 Wermine "LIL" Jan. 21 1936 said tail portions being folded in across the axis 2191544 Ruskin Feb. 2,7 1940 of said receptacle at the opposite side of the 10 2253164 Benande-r Aug 19 1941 Cable from the receptacle CafVW- 2,267,630 Weiland fl-.-.Tl Dec'. 23, 1941 2,267,610 La Jone Dec. 23, 1941 WALT W- BUNDY- 2,279,516 oBrien April 14, 1942 

